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Location of Polling Stations (TPS) may increase the participation of voters in elections. Therefore, the Election Commission (KPU) have to be careful in determining where the want to place the TPSs. “If voters are living on the west side of …

Around thirty thousands citizens in West Sulawesi might lose their voting rigths because they haven’t received the electronic-Resident Identity Card (e-KTP). In the local election regulation, e-KTP is required for any citizen who wish to be registered as legitimate voter …

The problems surrounding the local election process in West Papua are getting more complex. One of the roots of this is the fact that the West Papuan local administrative hasn’t established the Election Monitoring Committee (Panwaslih) that is necessary for …

In the new Election Law Bill submitted by the Government to the Parliament, there is no reduction on the minimum signatures that have to be collected by candidate as a requirement to participate in the Lower House of the Parliament …

Internal oligarchy within political party will stub out the fairness principle for all members of the party. This condition is worsen by the fact that the election mechanism of the Parliament members is not yet inclusive and only involving a …

In the upcoming 2017 Local Elections, there are six electoral areas with only one candidate for voters to choose. Single candidacy, according to the Local Elections Law No.10/2016, is permissible. However, single candidacy indicates a bigger problem, that is unequal …

The conversion process of votes into parliamentary seats has become a recurring debate in Indonesia. Many election activists insist the Government should implement a conversion system that can maximize representation proportionality so that the election result is fair. In order …

In the new Election Law Bill submitted by the Government early this October, it is stated that the election system that will be used in the upcoming legislative elections is limted open-list proportional system. However, many people consider the system …

Indonesia has been implemented open-list proportional system in three elections: 2004, 2009, and 2014. In 2004, the system was half-open, while in 2009 and 2014 was fully open-list. The high percentage of voters and valid votes show that the system …

The election system as contained in the new Election Law Bill submitted by President and members of the Parliament does not meet the expectations. Many stakeholders think the election system is more similar to the closed-list proportional system. In it, …